Does testosterone predict women's preference for facial masculinity?
Marcinkowska, Urszula M. and Helle, Samuli and Jones, Benedict C. and Jasienska, Grazyna (2019) Does testosterone predict women's preference for facial masculinity? PLoS ONE, 14 (2). e0210636. ISSN 1932-6203 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210636)
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Abstract
The influence of sex hormones on women’s mate preferences has been an intensively discussed topic for more than a decade. Yet the extent to which levels of sex hormones, and testosterone in particular, influence women’s mate preferences is unclear. Thus, the current study used multilevel modelling to investigate putative relationships between salivary testosterone and facial masculinity preferences in a sample of 68 women, while controlling for their age, partnership status, and sociosexuality. We found no significant associations between masculinity preferences and either individual differences or within-woman changes in testosterone. We did find however, that sociosexuality was positively correlated with masculinity preferences. Although it has previously been suggested that testosterone is related to women’s facial masculinity preference, our data do not support this proposal.
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Marcinkowska, Urszula M., Helle, Samuli, Jones, Benedict C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-0220 and Jasienska, Grazyna;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 72516 Dates: DateEvent27 February 2019Published29 December 2018AcceptedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 01 Jun 2020 14:35 Last modified: 23 Sep 2024 00:49 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72516